Confederate collection - Florida [decimalized]

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[decimalized 01430.01-01430.05]

GLC#
GLC01430
Type
Header Record
Date
1861-1862
Title
Confederate collection - Florida [decimalized]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Civil War
Military History
Confederate General or Leader
Confederate States of America

Showing 7 of 7 records

Collection Item
Letter signed

to Governor John Milton

October 9, 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Davis writes as President of the Confederate States to the Governor of Florida about enforcing the Conscript Act in the state and encloses a copy of the instructions (not present). Addresses the issue of physically unfit men reporting for duty and...

GLC01430.01
Collection Item
Letter

to John Milton

November 25, 1861

Garner, George Gibson, 1830-1877

Garner (possibly Gardner), Assistant Adjutant General, writes from Head Quarters of the Department of Alabama and West Florida, near Pensacola. He replies to a letter from Milton, Governor of Florida, and relates that his commanding general, Braxton...

GLC01430.02
GLC01430.03
Collection Item
Manuscript letter signed

to John Milton

November 7, 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Davis discusses the defense of Florida. He has received Milton's letter requesting aid to Florida. He notes the need to defend Florida, but is unable to send troops. He will, however, send arms and officers. Letter written primarily in the hand of...

GLC01430.03
Collection Item
Letter signed

to Madison Starke Perry

January 8, 1861

Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894

Georgia Governor Brown writes to Florida Governor Perry about the importance of taking control of Pensacola, Florida. He acknowledges "that it will be regarded as a bold move, but it is better to look danger full in the face, than by inaction to...

GLC01430.04
Collection Item
Header Record

Items related to the capture of three men in Apalachicola, Florida. [Decimalized .01-.02]

December 1861

GLC01430.05
Collection Item
Manuscript signed

[Copy of special orders instructing Captain Blocker to detain three men]

December 9, 1861

Floyd, Richard Ferdinand, 1810-1870

Floyd, Brigadier General Commanding Florida Forces, instructs Captain Haley T. Blocker, Commander of Coast Guard forces, to proceed to Porter's Bar (possibly located in Apalachicola Bay) "to make captives of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S...

GLC01430.05.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to John Milton

December 13, 1861

Blocker, Haley T., 1818-1897

Captain Blocker relates events of the capture of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S. Spright to Milton, Governor of Florida. He states that after hearing that the prisoners were on the Island of St. George, he apprehended them at Porter's Bar...

GLC01430.05.02